The Science of Self-Discipline: The Willpower, Mental Toughness, and Self-Control to Resist Temptation and Achieve Your Goals (Live a Disciplined Life Book 1)

by Peter Hollins

What you should do to improve your self-discipline is simple. Stop waiting to “be ready” or for everything to feel “just right” before you begin pursuing your goals or changing your habits. Inaction goes hand-in-hand with making excuses and actually sabotages your chances of eventually being successful. When everything feels comfortable and just right, it’s already too late and you’ve waited too long.

THIS. This sums me up perfectly.

Anytime you wait for circumstances to improve you’re telling yourself that you aren’t capable now. And that attitude isn’t going to change when circumstances actually do improve—you’ll just find another circumstance to hold you back.

You can plan for the future and delay starting all you want, but the best thing you can do is to just start.

The biggest obstacle is to recognize when it’s happening and to hold yourself accountable. Regardless of how much you feel that you’ve earned a break or a reward for your past actions, accepting that tendency to rationalize or make excuses will have a negative impact on your discipline, plain and simple.